By Ayodele Oni
After six years of evading justice, Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, the fugitive son of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina, is set to commence his 14 years jail term, following his arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, the fugitive son of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina, and handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Security sources revealed that Faisal, who has been on the run since 2020, was trailed and apprehended by DSS operatives in the Karsana area of Abuja after intelligence indicated he has secretly returned to the country.
Faisal was earlier prosecuted by the EFCC on a three-count charge of money laundering and conspiracy.
He jumped bail and fled the country. His trial continued in his absence, and in 2021 Justice Okon Abang convicted and sentenced him to 14 years’ imprisonment.
The court ordered that he be arrested wherever found in Nigeria and remanded in a correctional centre to serve his sentence.
It also directed that, if located abroad, the Federal Government should take lawful steps to secure his extradition.
A source said the handover to the EFCC would facilitate enforcement of the court’s judgment and ensure Faisal serves his prison term.
His father, Maina, a former chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, had spent years evading justice – first in Dubai, then in Niamey – after being accused of siphoning off millions of dollars meant to help enroll Nigerian civil servant pensioners.
He was extradited to Abuja, tried and, in November 2021, sentenced to eight years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering. After less than four years, he was released in February 2025.
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